Grade 3 Nouns Worksheet: Identify Person, Place, and Thing in Sentences

Task Description:

The task is to identify nouns in the given sentences and categorize them into three groups:
1. Person (circle in red)
2. Place (circle in blue)
3. Thing (circle in black)

Solution:

#### Sentence-by-Sentence Analysis:

1. The actor won an award for his movie about Chicago.
- Nouns: actor, award, movie, Chicago
- Categorization:
- Person: actor (red)
- Place: Chicago (blue)
- Thing: award, movie (black)

2. The dog went swimming in the ocean.
- Nouns: dog, ocean
- Categorization:
- Person: none
- Place: ocean (blue)
- Thing: dog (black)

3. Ice cream and cookies are the best dessert.
- Nouns: ice cream, cookies, dessert
- Categorization:
- Person: none
- Place: none
- Thing: ice cream, cookies, dessert (black)

4. The pine trees in the forest are taller than most houses.
- Nouns: pine trees, forest, houses
- Categorization:
- Person: none
- Place: forest (blue)
- Thing: pine trees, houses (black)

5. Stan wants to take a trip to the mountains.
- Nouns: Stan, trip, mountains
- Categorization:
- Person: Stan (red)
- Place: mountains (blue)
- Thing: trip (black)

6. I always wash my face before going to bed.
- Nouns: face, bed
- Categorization:
- Person: none
- Place: none
- Thing: face, bed (black)

7. Zach collects model cars and boats.
- Nouns: Zach, model cars, boats
- Categorization:
- Person: Zach (red)
- Place: none
- Thing: model cars, boats (black)

8. My brother took a bus to the zoo to see the bears.
- Nouns: brother, bus, zoo, bears
- Categorization:
- Person: brother (red)
- Place: zoo (blue)
- Thing: bus, bears (black)

9. Grandpa lives in an igloo in Alaska.
- Nouns: Grandpa, igloo, Alaska
- Categorization:
- Person: Grandpa (red)
- Place: Alaska (blue), igloo (black)
- Thing: igloo (black) — Note: Igloo can be both a place and a thing, but it is typically categorized as a "thing" here.

10. The team does not practice volleyball in the summer.
- Nouns: team, volleyball, summer
- Categorization:
- Person: team (red) — A team is a group of people.
- Place: none
- Thing: volleyball, summer (black)

11. Jenny rowed the boat across the pond to the clubhouse.
- Nouns: Jenny, boat, pond, clubhouse
- Categorization:
- Person: Jenny (red)
- Place: pond, clubhouse (blue)
- Thing: boat (black)

12. Parrots like to talk to people and eat crackers.
- Nouns: parrots, people, crackers
- Categorization:
- Person: people (red)
- Place: none
- Thing: parrots, crackers (black)

Final Answer:

Here is the categorization of nouns in each sentence:

1. actor (red), award (black), movie (black), Chicago (blue)
2. dog (black), ocean (blue)
3. ice cream (black), cookies (black), dessert (black)
4. pine trees (black), forest (blue), houses (black)
5. Stan (red), trip (black), mountains (blue)
6. face (black), bed (black)
7. Zach (red), model cars (black), boats (black)
8. brother (red), bus (black), zoo (blue), bears (black)
9. Grandpa (red), igloo (black), Alaska (blue)
10. team (red), volleyball (black), summer (black)
11. Jenny (red), boat (black), pond (blue), clubhouse (blue)
12. parrots (black), people (red), crackers (black)

Final Answer Boxed:
\boxed{
\text{See above categorizations.}
}